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Change insurance commissions to fight churning: FSI

LAURA MILLAN  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
The Financial System Inquiry (FSI) final report has recommended that upfront commissions for life insurance advice not be greater than ongoing commissions, in order to fight churning practices. The inquiry led by chairman David Murray noted that such ...

Financial System Inquiry recommendations wrap

STAFF WRITER  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
The Financial System Inquiry (FSI) has made 44 recommendation to increase efficiency, resilience and fair treatment of the financial system. Read below the relevant recommendations for the superannuation, wealth management and funds management industries. ...

MTAA hails 'a third, a third, a third' board structure a success

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
The Financial System Inquiry report will be released this Sunday, and it is widely expected to have something to say about superannuation fund governance - namely, that the boards of super funds should have a quota of independent trustees. While many ...

Follow our coverage of the FSI final report on Sunday

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
Financial Standard will be providing comprehensive coverage of the Financial System Inquiry's final report after its release on Sunday. The report, which is likely to shape industry and regulatory policy for the financial planning, superannuation and ...

Inflows from overseas double in four years

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... coordinated effort to make the most of our comparative advantage in funds management. We have recommended to the Financial System Inquiry that a body be established to coordinate the efforts of Treasury, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, ASIC ...

Murray takes aim at industry culture

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... time on human systems, which affect people who do have views about things." The only time Murray referred to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) was in relation to the culture of financial institutions. Murray is expected to deliver the FSI final report ...

Further raise pension age, says Future Leaders winner

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... prepare presentations on one of four hot topics: MySuper and competition; the Asia region funds passport; the Financial System Inquiry (FSI); and the regulation of the financial services industry. Flegg chose to present on the FSI, and focused on the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2014
... rate by 0.40 of a percentage point to 5.6 per cent. In local economic news on Monday, David Murray, chair of the Financial System Inquiry, is slated to speak at a Deloitte/Financial Services Council lunch in Sydney. No major equities news is expected. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
... market on Monday closed weaker as a rising US dollar, sputtering Japanese economy and pending changes for the financial system weigh on investor sentiment. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 41.8 points, or 0.77 per cent, at 5,412.5 points. The ...

Bond experts reiterate need for flexible duration strategy

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... "We believe that a rise in interest rates in the short term is unlikely. The overhang of sovereign debt in the financial system - which helped prop up economies after the financial crisis - is too large relative to GDP to be sustained unless interest ...